The diagnostic utility of the flare phenomenon on bone scintigraphy in staging prostate cancer

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-13

  Cook, Gary J R ^a   Venkitaraman, Ram ^a   Sohaib, Aslam S ^a   Lewington, Valerie J ^a   Chua, Sue C ^a   Huddart, Robert A ^a   Parker, Christopher C ^a   Dearnaley, David D ^a   Horwich, Alan ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Flare phenomenon; Prostate cancer; Skeletal metastases

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; GONADORELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; BONE NEOPLASMS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79551573080     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1576-0     Document Type: Article

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